Rescue Pros
The safety professionals at The Hayles Group Inc. provide
life saving services for the Film industry. Experienced in
the full spectrum of underwater and swift water conditions,
the rescuers, instructors, divemasters, and medics (I.A.
local 767) are the safest stunt professionals in the West.
The experiences gained on movie sets, rescue scenes, and
swift water environment has inspired David Hayles, founder
of the The Hayles Group, to invent, patent, and manufacture
a new swift water advanced rescue device or SWARD.
Hayles Inc. Announces First Industrial
Sales of its Safety Rescue Ladders
Valencia, CA - Monday, May 02, 2005
After years of development and months of testing of its
Swift Water Advanced Rescue Device (or
SWARD), Hayles, Inc. is proud to announces its first two
major sales,
one to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (or DWP),
and the other to A.R.M., a Florida helicopter Company.
David Hayles, a retired
Inglewood Auxiliary Firefighter, is the inventor of the
SWARD. David Hayles currently works as a Rescue Diver on
Motion Picture Industry. The rescue device, an extremely
strong and easily deployed rope ladder, was developed for
use in water and ice rescue, as well as for use as a very
strong yet flexible laddering system. The DWP purchased the
SWARD as a rescue device, A.R.M's decision was based on
pricing, strength, and the high visibility of the SWARD from
a helicopter. After obtaining our full US Patent, we are
currently in negotiations for international delivery to
Japan, Singapore, and Panama for both rescue devices and
ladder systems.
The sales to DWP and A.R.M, follow months of testing and
successful tries, both in
a wild river environment and urban concrete channels. The
first trial was performed in April 2004, witnessed by Bob
Fisher from the Inyo-Kern County Search Rescue, where 6 out
of 6 test victims were rescued from the Inyo-Kern River.
Thanks to the Army Corps of Engineers turning the water up
on the Dam, a second trial was performed in October 2004, in
Class 4 rapids on the American River, as part of Instructor
Julie Munger’s Rescue 3 SRT 1 class. Once again, 100% of the
6 test victims were pulled out of the rapids unharmed. The
third and final test was performed in the Los Angeles Jensen
Filtration Plant; 9 out 9 mock victims (L.A.F.D./Swift water
Rescue Team Member were rescued out of the high speed
Channel, prompting the DWP to purchase the S.W.A.R.D.'s used
in the test. These SWARD's are already affixed to a service
bridges over the aqueduct and surrounding treatment pits, in
order to provide a secure and easily visible rescue path for
any Plant Employee who might fall in the waterway.
As shown by record-setting rains flooding California and the
recent hurricane disasters in Florida, the Earth's Weather
is beginning to fluctuate more extremely under the constant
pressure of global warming. As population centers increase
in density in flood-prone and low-lying areas, the risk for
water, ice, and mud rescues is increasing as well. Gauging
from the early interest in the SWARD and the volume of
inquiries about this new product, we anticipate a high and
growing demand for our rescuer-and-victim-friendly rescue
devices. Their low cost, very high strength, and very high
visibility in tough conditions offer a great combination to
rescue and safety professionals all over the world.
Fore more information on the SWARD and Hayles, Inc., please
visit
www.SaveLifeNet.com